Grain-guard for wagons.



0.W. WIGGINS.

GRAIN GUARD FOB WAGONS. APPLIGATION FILED Amma, 1910.

Patented May 7; 1912.

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GRAIN GUARD FOR WAGONS.

APPLIQATIONJILED 21.23, 1910.

Patented May 7, 1912.

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OSCAR W. WIGGINS', 0F POMONA, KANSAS.

GRAIN-GUARD FOR WAGONS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR W'. WIGGINS,

a citizen of the United States, residingvat Pomona, in the county ofFranklin and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grain-Guards for Wagons, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to grain guards for wagons, and more particularlyto a detachable frame having a yielding striking surface.

The object of my invention is to provide a grain guard which may bereadily secured to any ordinary wagon to serve as a grain guard thereonand which may with equal facility be detached from the wagon and may befolded and rolled up to occupy but little space when not in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and itwill be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure l is a front elevation of my complete invention,Fig. 2 is an end view of the same as applied to the body of a wagon, thela-tter being in section, Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view of the framewith parts broken away, Fig. 4t is a front elevation of the guard withthe cleats removed, Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section taken on theline of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings 1 represents an ordinary wagon body and 2 oneof the, vertical side walls thereof to which my inven* tion is readilyand conveniently removably attached.

My invention consists of a frame composed of two vertical supports 3forming the end members of the frame, said supports being each composedof two uprights 4 arranged in pairs and separated a suitable distancefrom one another by the longitudinal parallel bars 5 forming the upperand lower members of said frame, the several parts being rigidly securedtogether by means of bolts 6 passing through the ends of said bars 5 andthrough the spaced uprights t. In securing the several parts togther inthe manner described, one of the uprights of the support 3 projects asuitable distance above the upper longitudinal bar 5, whichSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 23, 1910.

Patented May 7, 1912. Serial No. 557,116.

provides means over which the lines or reins leading from the harnesscarried by the animal may be passed for holding said lines in anelevated and convenient position. The uprights L are substantially thesame length and by projecting one of the uprights above its oppositeupright the lower end of the latter extends a suitable distance belowthe lower end of the former upright, which provides a convenient andpractical construction for properly guiding the frame in its-properposition upon the side 2 of the wagon, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.2 of the drawings, by simply holding the frame in the position shown andallowing the projecting lower ends of one of the set of uprights tofirst rest upon the edge of the side of the wagon, after which the saidframeis elevated into a vertical position and by its own weight orgravitation the frame will assume its proper position.

Stretched between the parallel longitudinal bars 5 of the frame andsecured to the same by staples 8, is a wire netting-9 which covers theentire space formed between said bars and support-s 3, the said staplesbeing employed about the twisted portions of the wire forming the meshof the wire netting.

As before stated a frame constructed according to my invention issuiciently yielding and will not shell the corn from the cob when thesame is thrown against the guard in filling the wagon to which saidguard is attached, and while the frame is very light in weight a very`durable construct-ion is obtained.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that by removing thebolts 6, the supports or uprights are released from the ends of thelongitudinal parallel bars of the guard permitting the wire netting,together with the bars attached thereto to be conveniently rolled up forshipment or storage. It is further to be noted that when it is desiredto fold or roll the guard when not in use only one of the boltsconnecting each of the pairs of uprights or supports may be removed,whereby the said uprights can be turned upon the longitudinal barswithout disconnecting the lat-ter, the supports being rolled up withinthewire-netting.

What is claimedis:

A grain guard comprising a pair of bars having eyes formed Ain theirends,` a wire netting member secured to and connecting the said bars,bolts engaged in theeyes of parts may be rolled up within tho wire 10the bars, and uprights disposed on each end netting.

ofthe bams and having the bolts of the bars In testimony7 whereof I aiixmy sigmpessing therethrough, whereby the uprights ture, in presence oftwo witnesses.

serve to normally support the bars and hold 7 T T s the seme in spacedrelation, while the re- OSCAR Y" IGGUMS moval of the bolts of one of thebars per- Witnesses:

mits of the swinging of the uprights to lie D. HosLER,

in elinement with the other bar so that the GEO. MINFoRD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washingtom D. C.

